Dubai International Airport welcomed 92.3 million passengers in 2024, setting a record for passenger traffic. Despite the significant increase in the number of passengers, 98.2% of them spent less than 10 minutes waiting for passport control upon departure, while the average wait time for transit through the security checkpoint was less than 5 minutes for 99.2% of travelers.
High passenger traffic is predicted at Dubai Airport in 2024. Daily throughout the year, more than 252 thousand passengers were served, averaging about 10.5 thousand travelers per hour at the largest international aviation hub in the world.
The annual report from Dubai airports indicates a baggage delivery efficiency of 99.45%, exceeding the global standard, with the processing of 81.2 million pieces of luggage in 2024. Dubai Airport has set a new record, receiving 92.3 million passengers in 2024, surpassing the previous maximum of 89.1 million passengers in 2018.
In the last decade, more than 700 million passengers and over 3.3 million aircraft movements have been serviced at Dubai International Airport. Since 2014, Dubai Airport has consistently ranked first in the International Airports Council rankings as the world's busiest international airport.
This new record surpassed the previous maximum of 89.1 million passengers set in 2018, and coincided with a historic achievement - Dubai Airport tops the list of the International Airports Council as the busiest international airport in the world in the past 10 years.
